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The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-30

breezy, weII-dressed and with q
heavy bank balance to his credit. lie
naid AL his outstanding bills and no
| questions were asked. His story 10
his intimates was that he had buC
$500 when he reached Paris, and that
he could not resist the temptation 70
| take a run over to Monte Carlo. lie
first purchased a return ticket to
America, avOwing that he was not
afraid to face his creditors, but only
waited for his luck to turn. HlIISon
said he had 500 cash lett, I've put
some 100 francs on the red. 1t won.
He put the winnings, 100 francs, be-
tween the 0 and the 90, which pays
II for /. He won. He picked out
the number 13 because 1t was
called an unlucky number and put 90
francs on that number. He won. lie
was now a high roller in luck and IN
one hour was pOsscs&Or OF 3O,OOO
francs. Hereturned in he next steam
er to America and liQuldated all out
standing accounts.
ON 1854 HillsOn's luck turned. His
commissions as u wOOl-buyer did not
furnish forth the wherewith to gratliy
his elegant desires. He had sailed
with a more swelling port than his
faint means did grant continuance.
He had friends" continued John
POndir, ''who would have loaned him
$1,000. He was too proud to tel!
why he was poor. HilIson became
tired OF the struggle, and one June day
he left Philadelphia for Niagara Falls.
Nobody knew where he had gone. As
soon as the train reached Niagara he
gave a hackman s. and simply said:
" Drive to the Falsl.'
"OnCe there, he laid off his coat and
ended it all by one wild leap into the
angry, death.dealing current OF the
river. His body was never found.
The mortified hackman found a bill OF
sale for his furniture, covering the
rent then due his landlord on Chest
nut street, and a note asking the same
person to give a cOlored boy he had
around his office his last IS. inclOsed.
The last page OF his letter read thus:
- have called the turn. l missed
the call. Tell the boys I'm in hard
lnck, and they will not blame me If l
leave the ills | have and fly to others
that | know not of. 1t is best So"
John Pondir rose up sadly, lit a
fresh cigar and said; young man, as
l told you before, never gamble"
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-30
ACOXrCMAC!OUs SUBJECT.

Trpon his throne the mighty king
His gallant courtiers kneejInI rounu~
Impatient, tapped his 5'gnet rug
And said some new diverting thing
For his amusement must be 1ound'
Then spoke an Old and trusty knight;
':May | my kings indulgence rave
To bring within the royal sight
A subject who denies the right
OF any king to call MIN slave?'
"IIow now2' the angry monarch ana
"Nho dare deny our sovereign power.
Go. fetch him here, alive or dead;
The fool shall bow or lose his head
Within the passing OF the hour,
The knight retired with solemn stride,
Then calne a page, all slick and trl / ,
To say the queen would sit beside
Her lord and see this traitor tried
II he, the king, INDUCED the whim.
The queen came in and took her place;
The baby boy upon her breast,
Tuhppdful of the treason case,
Looked braveIy on the monarch's face
And snatched away his lewrlled crest.
He crushed the kings symbolic rose,
Upset the sceptrc with a crash;
He even tweaked the monarch S S
And kicked him with his toes,
The while he pulled his fierce mustache.
All Others at the kings behest
Their serGd ON FASTENED to dPCIarei
The babe alone, with freedom blest,
Deticd the king who ruled the rest
N,.,t ,.,tert hN the weakest there,
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-30
Mrs Hancock was Not for sale.

Harper's Weekiy-Mrs. Hancock
says that once when the General felt
called upon to entertain half a dozen
Sioux chieftains she helped him in his
task by playing the piano for them.
The music evidently had power to
please, il not to "socthe the savage, .
Tor Immediately negotiations com.
menced through an Interpreter to pur-
chase the ebig Captain squaw,
along with the Emusic table, Beads,
robes and blankets were first offered
i0r th~eexchange. When the "big Cap.
tam" rejected these, supposinc the
inducements were not sufficient. they
added ponies to an increased number
Of robes and trinkets Of ail kinds.
Their indignation and dissatisfaction
were apparent, and quickly made eyi
tent Dy THEIR leaving the house in In,
dian file, without a glance here 81
there. seeming deatto the in~terpreter's
appeals to return.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-30
Spruce Gum.

A newspaper writer describes the
manner i'll which spruce gum isgather-
ed and prepared for the market. Tie
fact that tons of gum are sold every
year is evidence OF the fact that there
is no decrease in the ranks of the vic
tins OF the gum habit. Most of the
spruce gum comes from Canada and
northern Maine, while Vermont and
New Hampshire contribute a moder-
ate quantity TO the total yield.
The best gum comes from no partic.
ular section, but always from the
biggest spruce trees, and it begins to
run in July or August, when, in these
high ATTITUDES, the sun becomes SO hot
as to crack the bark. On the limbs.
in the c~rotches, and even on the trunk
OF the spruce, the molten gum forms
during the heat OF summer, in all sorts
OF fantastic shapes, and when cold
weather sets in it becomes hard.
The first year after it's run the gum
Is white and pitchy, then it begins to
turn amber and red, and the second
year it is fit to ''plck" for the market.
although it is better if allowed to re-.
main on the trees until the third year.
After the third season the gum re.
mains ! n the same state for several
years, and then begins to ''turn old, .
as the pickers say, and the consumer
complains that it ''chews lard, & and
crumbles up. Al little more age makes
it dark-colored and bitter, and then
its value is gone.
Up in Canada much of the gum IS
picked in the autumn, beginning az
early as October, but there, as n
Maine, the best time for the work IS
during the deep SHOWS in winter. when
snoWshoes are used, or in the early
spring, when a man can travel along
at q lively rate on the heavy crust.
above the nnderbrash.
The pickers are provided with lona
poles, on the end Of which IS fastened
q sharp chisel. and underneath that d
cup to receive the gum as it is Clipped
on. The cup holds from q pint to a
quart, and when full it is emptied IL
to q long bag which the packer carries
slung to his back like a knapsack,
These gum-hargesters erect nuts IN
the woods when far distant from 3
settlement or q logging canp. and
stay from two days to i week on a
trip. When they have secured as
much IS they can tote the come
out, and then the women and children
have the tedious Job OF scrapipg each
and every lump free from bark and
moss.
The clean, bright article offered for
sale ia the shops looks very different
from the brown nuggets IN the pickes )
bag, although occasionally Il clear.
shiny piece is found on the limb OF q
large tree.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-30
Another Story from Texas,

About 40 miles east OF FL Paso,
near Sierra Blanca, on the line OF the
Texas and Pacific Railroad, there is a
strange phenomenon that has just
come to bubble notice. The authority
for the statement about to be made
il ex.(fov. John C. Brown OF Tennes-
see, receiver OF the Texas and Pacific,
who visited this city a few days ago,
accompanied by several officials Of the
road, including Division Superinten-
dent Judy, in whose jurisdiction the
phenomenon is located. Gov. Brown
and superintendent Judy told the
story to one o"two persons here, and it
has lust come to a reporters ears.
About three years ago the Texas.
and Pacific Railway Company under
took to sink an artesian we'll q few
miles below Sierre Blanca, which Is al
little hamlet 95 miles east OF E
Paso. The workmen put the pipe
down about 600 feet when suddenly an
underground cavern was struck, the
drill dropping about six feet, aud q
current OF air rushed up the pipe.
Drilling ceased and the well was aban.
doned, the six hundred feet OF pipe
remaining in the ground and giving a
connection between the surface OF the
earth and the estrange subterranean
avity a quarter Of q mile beneath.
The phenomenon did not at that
time attract the attention OF any one
sufficiently interested to investigate.
Recently however, superintendent
Judy's attention vas called to it, and
his personal examination and inqui-
ries have developed peculiar facts and
testimony about the wonderful well.
The people near by have been in the
habi3 OF going and sitting about the
we'll in summer to enjoy the cool, in
MIGRATING air that rushes up the pipe.
One of the strangest things is the fact
that the current Of air GIBBS and flows
like the ocean tides. From about To-
Is a. m. till 1918 PIMA current of air
rushes out of the pipe with a sound
that resembles the noise OF the loco
motive blowing off steam, and so loud
thai it can be heard for forty or fifty
yards. At 1915 p. M. the overflow
air ceases and a strong suction sets in,
which lasts for the next twelve hours,
this ebb and flow continuing day alter
day, and it has been observed by
hOrsemen that whenever they get in
the neighborhood of this we'll strong
magnetic forces are felt and sparks are
given off if the horses name is touched.
Recently a man from Sierra Blanca
was sittingclose to the we'll, and on taxi
ing out his pocket-knife found a nail
which he had in his pocket clinging to
the knife. He held the knife in the
current of the air and found the mag.
netic property was greatly inc 'eased.
Several weeks ago Supt. Judy held his
pocket-knife in the current OF air for
four minutes and the knife is still
strongly magnetIzed from the effect.
The ~outfowing current of air is be-
lieved to possess remarkable curative
properties. Its efficiency is to be test.
ed by experiments upon cases Of par.
alysis and other dis9ases.-Galveston
News.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-30
an INCENTIVE to FamIIy pride.

The hired man took a long pull at
the water jug, replaced the corn-cob
stopper, set it carefully down in the
shady corner OF the fence with his
vest overi it, and sitting down on the
end OF a projecting rail, while the boys
gather around him, began:
"Onee upon q time / worked for 4
man out in Chemung county, and.
tell you, he was the dandiest ma
ever worked for. Take ii Fourth 81
July, Decoration day, r circus dav.
didn't make no difference what we was
dom nor how big the hurry was. he'd
always bitch on to his big wagon and
say Jump in, boys, every mother !
son OF you; | won't have no mar Of
mine workin' on a farm when there I
q circus or q celebration anywhere
around
"Oh, he was d dandy man to work
Tor; and somehow his crops always
seemed to be better than anyone
else's too. I don't ever expect to
work for his like again.
And having sagaciously planted
these Incentives to family pride ia the
hearts Of his employers sons he pick.
ed up his hoe YEARLY and again led
the attack on the luxuriant growth 81
weeds.-Life.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-30
A Cause of Imaginary Ais.

A prominent physician OF Philadel~
nhia says he knows of nothing
more hurtful than laymen reading
medical works, even of the most sim
pie character. He thinks they are too
apt to apply the various evils of which
they read to themselves. He said to
a Philadelphia news reporter:
l have seen astonishing instances
OF this. l have seen people
grow absolutely hypochondriacal.
| know a man with d per-
tectly straight nose who Is possessed
with the idea that it is awry. Heread
a little work on crooked noses and
applied the whole thing to himself.
Some time ago l was called upon to
attend a patient with the hiccoughs.
For three days and nights he hiccough-
ed continually. He had been reading
a book on the subject and that
started him off. Last winter a sensi-
tive young man from Camden at
tended lectures at the Jefferson col
lege. After spending several hours
n evening in the dissecting-room he
returned home and announced he
was dead. His parents paid little at
tention to him. They thought he
was amusing himself with a grim Jest.
He went to his bedroom and stretch
ed himself on his bed likeA a corpse.
There he vas found the:following day,
still maintaining that he vas dead.
Nothing could arouse him. He refus-
ed to eat, and was in a fair way Of
starving to death. After three DAYS
a doctor was called, who devised a
plot to save the students life. His
younger brother stretched himself out
on the bed and announced that he
was dead also. Not without difficulty
he persuaded the young man that it
was customary in the other world
to eat a sufficient quantity OF food
daily. Seeing the youngster enjoying
a bowl OF soup, the dead man finally
concluded to do likewise. The strange
fancy lasted several days longer, when
the students wits came back to him.
He gave up his medical studies, how
ever.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-30
ESTRANGED.
barrie hath risen between

4 bnrric4 ha tn risen between
Thy heart aud mine! Oh friend, / weep
Lruel and strong, though all unseen.
We made that barrier, thou ard /,
Aud strengthened it as days went by;
All, me! scarEely know how or why!
N"yhap some promise made and bro,
ken
Some word unkind or lightly spoken;
Then. hearts that grieved but gave no
token.
FAREWELL Oh loyal heart and true,
How wouldst thou pity if thou knew
The mazcs that l wander through.
AS wider, wider, every day,
Our paths diverge-Oh friend, l pray
That thine may be the SUMMER way!
! in my lone lot scarce could pine
While thou were quafing life red wine,
Zen though its bitterest cup were
Katherine f. Conway.
The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-09-30

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The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-05-28
RenI Estate Transfers.


The following transfers Of real es
tate have been recorded during the
past week:
An act of sale from the CaIcasieu
Lnmbor Go. conveying to Lewis Pen
oyer, of Saginaw, Mich, the plant of
their mill, machinery, booms, etc,
railroad and railroad privileges, to-
gether with a very large amount Of
timbered lands. Price 100000.
5 W. L. Gill sold about 30 acres of
land, near the railroad depot, to Geo
Horridge, of Vinton, Benton county,
Iowa. Price s24O0.
Melissa Ann Rollins sold to II. C..
Lylcs 50 acres of land in section g.,
township 3 south, range 3 west. Price
s53.
Henry Gardner sold to WIN. Pol
lock, so acres of land in section 20,
township Z south, range west. Price
| 500.
Gustave Duhon sold to A. d. Nc.
Farlain, 1913 acres of land in section
IA, township o sOuth, range west,
Price s275.
Mrs. Marie Z. Derouen sold to Der
miIy Landry, 40 acres of land in sec
ton 6, township IL south, range 1
west. Price 500.
T. ]. Carroll sold to Isaac Nichols
100 acres of land in township 4 south
range - west. Price $500.
| U. S. homesteads are continual,
being located both on prairie ant
wooded lands.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-05-28

We see that some Of onr newspa,
pers are talking of some others, be.
sides Mr.. Easton, for Superintendent
Of Public Education. While we are
of the opinion Mr.. Easton has made
an efficient officer, yet we are not pre-
pared to say 50 positively, because we
don't know. But we do know one
that would make q good Superinten-
dent Of Public Education, and that is
j. w. Bryan, of (the EcHo) Lake
Charles. Ro5siine Reporter.
Many thanks Bro. Carter for the
good opinion entertained for Us, and
We feel highly complilnented; but The
truth Of the matter il We have been
grooming onrself as adark horse
for something higher, shy either The
GoycFnoFahip Of the ViceP Presidency,
Southwestern Louisiana editors don't
slinh often, bat when they do they
alNayu taskle ne tAllesl sFeo III Is,
grove
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-05-28


PLANTERS along the Teche are kick.
ing at the excessive freight charges of
the Morgan railroad. Mr.. Barnett, a
prominent St. Mary planter, informs a
New Orleans Caaoaicle reporter that
for barrel of sand that costs 90 cents
IN that city, the planters are compelled
to pay So cents freight and the same
for bricks, fertilizers and other articles
used on plantations. Mr.. Barnett fnr-
ther stated that the road had increased
rates on an average Of 10 cents, and
be, with Mr. Thompson, another plan
terof ths same parish, we're 10 the city
for the purpose Of buying d steam
boat to transport their own produc-
tion, and 10 overcome the high rates.
These gentlemen will also agitate the
sugar interests, and endeavor TO have
q meeting for the purpose Of opening
Bayou Plaquemine, which viii offer Al
outlet to the Tache planters. Con.
gFeasman Gay viii be apprisad Of the
importance Of this work, is immense
benefit 20 he planters oonclssiou
W Barnstt stated Il Is highly proba.
4a3p tha f,4a4sfa4. .,s,4,sl t.. ~ ~
pssrehanis VIII psoei.se means ans
poFtaiiea aud tsss fhere oxissa thfoneI
hlsseetipn deleFnination Il resis
tellroat aapaaltiolA
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-05-28

MUoH interest is being manifested
by the good people of Vicksburg,
Miss., in the movement being prose-
euted by prominent citizens of New
Orleans to erect a monument there to
the memory Of Louisiana's sons who
fell upon those historic hills during
the late war, and who occupy unknown
graves from Chickasaw bayou on the
north, to Big Black on the south and
east Of the city. Among the heroes
that sleep upon the banks OF these
historic streams are many of Calea'
STEMS noblost sons, who gave up their
lives in defense of q cause that they
held more sacred than life, and we
hope the patriotic people Of Calcasieu
will at once move in the matter BY
taking proper steps to raise liberal
snm as contribution to assist IN the
erection Of this monument, which will
mark the last resting place Of ogel
40 of her brave sons.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-05-28

Any one wanting to purchase a new
dwelling house containing six rooms
and arranged with a view of conven.
iencc, situated in most desirable part
of the town, would do well to call on
or address Mr. ELY Il. Dees, at the
sheriff's office. He also has for sale
several lots, inst suitable for private
residences, which he is offering very
cheap, and as such desirabIy located
property as this is does not remain il
the market long, it would be adyisa
Bile for parties wanting to purchase Il
call on him at once. Read his adver
tisement 10 'sior sale" column on third
page ofto-day's Echo.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-05-28


At the educational meeting held at
Williams Opera House on The night
Of The gOlh inst, Hon. Geo. u. Wells
struck The right cord when be closed
his able and pointed address BY NOV
inc that the Town Council be memor
alfzed to submit 20 vote Of The tax
payers of the town the question Of
Ievying special al Ualorc,a tax on
oil real and personal property within
the corporate limits to raise the sum
Of $4,000 for the purpose Of purchas,
ing a suitable site in Lake Charles,
enclosing the same and erecting there
on a public school building.
The popularity of Mr.. Wells mo-
tion was evidenced by its unanimous
adoption, after the acceptance of an
amendment offered by Prof. S. A.
Knapp increasing the amount to be
raised by taxation TO $4,000 and the
number of school hnnses 10 two.
This memorial, very likely, win not
come before the present Council, as
the election for a new Board takes
place on the 9th. If such should be
the case, the friends of education will
have an opportunity at tO.night's con-
yention TO use their influence in nomi-
mating none but those who will pledge
themselves, if elected, to support the
special tax ordinance and use their
influence for its adoption when it
comes before the people to be voted
upon.
Therefore the success of this meas
nre will very probably depend upon
the composition of the new Council,
and the make mp of that body rests
solely with the people. So in order
to lend it strength and insure its sue
cess, we say let the matter be made
a leading question at the convention
tonight, by the friends of education
exacting that aspirauts for the Council
define their position on this question
before according them their support.
Education is the foundation rock
of civilization and good government,
and the more enlightened a people are
the better are they fitted for citizens
and the more prosperous becomes the
community at large So we say in all
eandor that the cause of education is
one in which every good, law-abidlng
citizen shonld be interested, and II
should be agitatcd and made the lead
ing question at every election held in
this State until each parish can boast
of a sufficient number of well con
Quoted public schools for at least six
months IN the year to educate every
child within its borders.
Therefore we hope the good people
of Lake Charles will refuse to support
any candidate for councilman who
will not pledge hearty support to
this special tax question, the object
of which is to raise sufficient funds
to enable the town to erect two build
ings for public school purposes.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-05-28

L4Kr cnhnlHs May 20, 1887,


LAKE CHkRIKs, May 20, 1887.
AT tins meetlng,- adjourned from
lsfh inst, in the interest Of education,
quite number Of citizens, ladies and
children, were present,
D. B. Gorham, Esq, president, in
the chair.
On motion, duly seconded, A. III.
Mayo was elected secretary.
Mr. ID. E. Wilmington, on thc
guitaF, and his sister, Miss Agna, Oh
the violin, played a piece of instrn-
mental music.
Thad Mayo, Esq, was called npon
and made a short speech.
Prof S. A Knapp followed, aud in
his usual lncId, reasonable style pre-
scented two points, "The right of the
child" and 'fThe duty of the parents" "
Geo. Fl. Wells, Esq, WIS called up
on next, and responded in his pretty
Words and in closing gave ono OF his
good anecdotes, and TO illustrate it IN
the strongest way, to show his earn
estnoss, moved that a committee OF
five be appointed by the chair to me-
morialize tho Town Council to submit
to vote of the taxpayers Of Lake
Charles the question of levying special
ad Velorem tax on all real and personal
property in Lake Charles subject to
taxation, TO raise the sum of $4,000
for the purpose of purchasing a snita-
BILE lot of ground IN Lake Charles, en-
closing the same, and erecting thereon
a public school building.
Prof. S. A. Knapp moved TO amend
the motion by saying $4,000, and two
public school houses, Mr. Wells &C
cepted the amendment, and the mo-
tiou, being seconded 10y Capt. }. W.
Bryan, was unanimously adopted.
The chair thcreupon appointed Geo.
Il. Wells, Esq, Prof. s. A. Knapp,
Thad Mayo, Esq, Mr. H. c. Drew and
Capt. ]. W. Bryan, as such committee.
Song sung by Miss Nellie Mayo and
Miss Ennie Bryan: "Dreaming Eyes
that Haunt Me Still"
On motion of Mr.. Wells, seconded
by Capt. Bryan, unanimous vote of
thanks was rendered the representa-
tivcs of the State Normal School for
conducting the Teachers Institutes in
our city
Ed. F. Sheib, A. NJ, PHI. D., Presi-
dent of the State Normal Institute,
answered and expressed his thanks for
the kind words spoken by Mr.. Wells
He said he Was disappointed here at
the small turnout of teachers and the
disinterestedness manifested by the
citizens as to the success of the Insti-
tute.
On motion, the meeting Adjourned.
D. B. GoRHAM, Pres't.
Attest: A. NJ. MAYO, Sec'y.